Articles From Rob Shumaker

Citizen Tips and the Fourth AmendmentBy Rob ShumakerJuly 2014Article, Page 336More cases, including a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling, define whether a police investigatory stop based on a citizen tip is valid.

Using Life Insurance to Secure a Maintenance ObligationBy Rob ShumakerSeptember 2010Article, Page 466What happens when a maintenance-paying spouse dies shortly after the judge signs the dissolution judgment? Is the maintenance recipient out of luck? That may depend on where the case arose.

A Freer Hand for Police at Illinois Traffic StopsBy Rob ShumakerDecember 2009Article, Page 624In response to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Illinois Supreme Court issued decisions that give police more freedom to search and question vehicle occupants at traffic stops.